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Status of Children Regulation 2022
sec.6Information to be given to sampler before sample taken
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### sec.6 Information to be given to sampler before sample taken
A sampler must not take a sample from a donor for a parentage testing procedure unless, immediately before the sampler takes the sample, a relevant person for an affidavit for the donor—
makes an affidavit in the approved form; and
attaches a recent photograph of the donor to the affidavit; and
signs the relevant person’s name partly on the photograph and partly on the affidavit in the way required by the approved form; and
gives the affidavit and another recent photograph of the donor to the sampler.
In this section—
recent photograph , of a donor, means a photograph of the donor that satisfies the requirements for the photograph stated in the approved form.
relevant person , for an affidavit for a donor, means—
if the donor is a child who is under 16 years or is a child who is 16 or 17 years with impaired capacity—a person who may consent to the carrying out of a parentage testing procedure on the donor under section 11 (4) (b) of the Act ; or
if the donor is an adult with impaired capacity—a person who may consent to the carrying out of a parentage testing procedure on the donor under section 11 (4) (c) of the Act ; or
otherwise—the donor.
(sec.6-ssec.1) A sampler must not take a sample from a donor for a parentage testing procedure unless, immediately before the sampler takes the sample, a relevant person for an affidavit for the donor— makes an affidavit in the approved form; and attaches a recent photograph of the donor to the affidavit; and signs the relevant person’s name partly on the photograph and partly on the affidavit in the way required by the approved form; and gives the affidavit and another recent photograph of the donor to the sampler.
(sec.6-ssec.2) In this section— recent photograph , of a donor, means a photograph of the donor that satisfies the requirements for the photograph stated in the approved form. relevant person , for an affidavit for a donor, means— if the donor is a child who is under 16 years or is a child who is 16 or 17 years with impaired capacity—a person who may consent to the carrying out of a parentage testing procedure on the donor under section 11 (4) (b) of the Act ; or if the donor is an adult with impaired capacity—a person who may consent to the carrying out of a parentage testing procedure on the donor under section 11 (4) (c) of the Act ; or otherwise—the donor.
- (a) makes an affidavit in the approved form; and
- (b) attaches a recent photograph of the donor to the affidavit; and
- (c) signs the relevant person’s name partly on the photograph and partly on the affidavit in the way required by the approved form; and
- (d) gives the affidavit and another recent photograph of the donor to the sampler.
- (a) if the donor is a child who is under 16 years or is a child who is 16 or 17 years with impaired capacity—a person who may consent to the carrying out of a parentage testing procedure on the donor under section 11 (4) (b) of the Act ; or
- (b) if the donor is an adult with impaired capacity—a person who may consent to the carrying out of a parentage testing procedure on the donor under section 11 (4) (c) of the Act ; or
- (c) otherwise—the donor.